Tabletop Antique Garden Sundial
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Dating from the early 20th century, this small tabletop antique garden sundial sees a stylistically carved York stone base below a later horizontal bronze sundial.
Stone, Bronze
$420Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Cast & Carved Stone Spanish Garden Sundial
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous large Unusual form cast & carved stone Spanish Garden sundial. Cast and imprinted with its makers name & date (1938), this will enhance all gardens that it graces.
Cast Stone, Iron
Vintage Coastal Iron Garden Sundial with Dolphins
Located in Elkhart, IN
A gorgeous vintage iron garden sundial inspired by coastal landscapes, featuring three dolphins swimming.
Iron
Mid Century Scaphe Copper Garden Sundial
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A striking mid-century scaphe form copper garden sundial, mounted on an angular Scottish granite base.
Stone, Granite, Metal, Copper
Antique English Decorative Buff Terracotta Garden Sundial
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A charming antique garden sundial featuring an ornate 19th century buff terracotta pedestal – possibly a work by Blanchard or Blashfield – with an earlier associated bronze sundial p...
Bronze
Rare Large Antique Cherub Garden Sundial
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large early 20th century antique garden sundial supported by three weathered lead cherubs.
Stone, Metal, Bronze, Lead
Vintage English Country Iron Verdigris Garden Sundial with Hummingbird
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron verdigris garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, featuring a charming hummingbird.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial With Sun and Moon
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, featuring the sun and moon.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial "Time Began in a Garden"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron verdigris garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Time Began in a Garden."
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Verdigris Garden Sundial with Zodiac Signs
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic octagonal verdigris iron garden sundial featuring the 12 zodiac signs, inspired by traditional English estate landscapes.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial With Duck- Outdoor Estate Decor
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, featuring a duck and cattails.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial With Sun- Outdoor Estate Decor
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, featuring the sun.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial With Sun- Outdoor Estate Decor
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, featuring the sun and clouds at daybreak.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial With Sun- Outdoor Estate Decor
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, featuring the sun and clouds at daybreak.
Iron
Vintage English Country Brass Garden Sundial "I Only Count Sunny Hours"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage brass garden sundial, inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "I count none bust sunny hours."
Brass
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial "Time Takes All But Memories"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron verdigris garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Time Takes All But Memories."
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial "Grow Old Along With Me"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Grow old along with me.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial "Grow Old Along With Me"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Grow old along with me.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial "Grow Old Along With Me"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Grow old along with me.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial "Grow Old Along With Me"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Grow old along with me.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial "Grow Old Along With Me"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Grow old along with me.
Iron
Vintage English Country Verdigris Iron Garden Sundial "Time Began in a Garden"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron verdigris garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Time Began in a Garden."
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial "Grow Old Along With Me"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron verdigris garden sundial, inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Grow old along with me.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Verdigris Garden Sundial "Grow Old Along With Me"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes reading, "Grow old along with me.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Verdigris Garden Sundial "Grow Old Along With Me"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron verdigris garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Grow old along with me.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial "I count none but sunny hours"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron garden sundial reading, "I Count None But Sunny Hours," inspired by traditional English estate landscapes.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Verdigris Garden Sundial "Grow Old Along With Me"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron verdigris garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Grow old along with me.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Verdigris Garden Sundial "Grow Old Along With Me"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron verdigris garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Grow old along with me.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial with Frog on a Lily Pad
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes featuring a frog on a lily pad.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial with Frogs on a Lily Pad
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes featuring two frogs on a lily pad.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial with Frog on a Lily Pad
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes featuring a frog on a lily pad.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Verdigris Garden Sundial "Grow Old Along With Me"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron verdigris garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Grow old along with me.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Verdigris Garden Sundial "Grow Old Along With Me"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron verdigris garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Grow old along with me.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Verdigris Garden Sundial "Grow Old Along With Me"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron verdigris garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, reading "Grow old along with me.
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial "I only count life's sunny hours"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron garden sundial, inspired by traditional English estate landscapes, featuring a horse and a poem reading, "Serene I stand among the flowers and only count life’...
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Sundial "I'll only mark your sunny hours"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic vintage iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes reading, "Let others tell of storms and showers, I'll only mark your sunny hours."
Iron
Antique Georgian Style Armillary Garden Sundial
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
It is a superb addition to a traditional country garden with neoclassical influences. Alternatively, it will make a character sundial feature of a similarly weathered walled garden o...
Sandstone, Steel
Reclaimed Carrara Marble Seahorse Armillary Garden Sundial
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Together, the antique pedestal and mid-century dial create a unique and unusual pair, making an elegant centrepiece in any garden. Additional Dimensions Column Height: H116.5 cm Ba...
Carrara Marble, Bronze
Antique Sienna Marble Baluster Form Garden Sundial
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This early 19th century antique marble sundial is an elegant centrepiece for gardens traditional and modern alike.
Marble, Siena Marble
Reclaimed Bronze Garden Sundial on Alabaster Pedestal
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Unusually mounted on an alabaster pedestal, this early 20th century reclaimed bronze sundial is an elegant centrepiece for gardens traditional and modern alike.
Alabaster, Bronze
Vintage English Country Classical Iron Garden Sundial on Corinthian Pedestal
Located in Elkhart, IN
A stunning vintage English country or Neoclassical style iron garden sundial on a cast concrete Corinthian column pedestal base.
Concrete, Iron
Antique John Pulham & Son Garden Sundial
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Pulham & Son were active at this address from around 1885 to 1902. This sundial was reclaimed from a garden in Kent, England.
Terracotta
Spanish Carved-Stone Fleur De Lys Garden Sundial
Located in Atlanta, GA
This Spanish stone-carved sundial will make a wonderful sculptural and decorative ornament for your garden or patio.
Stone
Antique Style Verdigris Sundial "Tempus Fugit" – Neoclassical Garden Accent
Located in Elkhart, IN
A classic iron garden sundial inspired by traditional English estate landscapes.
Iron
Vintage Cast Iron Garden Nautical Sundial with Sail Boat "Tempus Fugit"
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful vintage cast iron nautical garden sundial with a boat, reading "Tempus Fugit," which translated from Latin means "Time Flies."
Iron
Vintage Cast Iron Garden Nautical Sundial with Sail Boat "Tempus Fugit" on Stand
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautiful vintage cast iron nautical garden sundial with a boat, reading "Tempus Fugit," which translated from Latin means "Time Flies," on a black iron stand.
Iron
Early 19th Century French Cast Iron and Marble Sundial, Circa 1830
Located in Winter Park, FL
An early 19th century French Restauration style garden sundial with heavy cast iron column base and carved marble dial plate with bronze gnomon.
Marble, Bronze, Iron
Austin & Seeley Gothic Style Armillary Sundial
By Austin & Seeley
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A striking focal point for any garden, this impressive sundial pairs a mid 19th century gothic style stone pedestal by Austin and Seeley (unsigned) circa 1840, with a 20th century st...
Stone, Composition, Metal, Steel
Vintage English Country Iron Black Garden Armillary Sundial
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautifully crafted iron armillary sphere, evoking the timeless elegance of classical European gardens. Pieces like this are often found anchoring gravel courtyards, nestled within...
Iron
$904Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Coastal Mermaid on Dolphin Garden Armillary Sundial
By Maitland Smith
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautifully crafted armillary sphere featuring a mermaid and dolphin, evoking the timeless elegance of coastal or Palm Beach gardens. Pieces like this are often found anchoring gr...
Metal
Vintage English Country Iron Black Garden Armillary Sundial
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautifully crafted iron armillary sphere, evoking the timeless elegance of classical European gardens. Pieces like this are often found anchoring gravel courtyards, nestled within...
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Black Garden Armillary Sundial
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautifully crafted iron armillary sphere, evoking the timeless elegance of classical European gardens. Pieces like this are often found anchoring gravel courtyards, nestled within...
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Black Garden Armillary Sundial
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautifully crafted iron armillary sphere, evoking the timeless elegance of classical European gardens. Pieces like this are often found anchoring gravel courtyards, nestled within...
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Bronze Garden Armillary Sundials, Pair
Located in Elkhart, IN
A pair of beautifully crafted iron armillary spheres, evoking the timeless elegance of classical European gardens. Pieces like these are often found anchoring gravel courtyards, nest...
Iron
Vintage English Country Iron Garden Armillary Sundial- Outdoor Estate Decor
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautifully crafted iron armillary sphere, evoking the timeless elegance of classical European gardens. Pieces like this are often found anchoring gravel courtyards, nestled within...
Iron
Vintage Coastal Mermaid & Dolphin Armillary Sundial, Palm Beach Garden Decor
By Maitland Smith
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautifully crafted armillary sphere featuring a mermaid and dolphin, evoking the timeless elegance of coastal or Palm Beach gardens. Pieces like this are often found anchoring gr...
Metal
Rustic Iron Armillary Sphere Sundial on Pedestal – European Garden Accent
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautifully crafted iron armillary half-sphere, evoking the timeless elegance of classical European gardens. Pieces like this are often found anchoring gravel courtyards, nestled w...
Iron
$10,175
Scottish Sundial
Located in Bloomfield Hills, MI
An eternally functioning timepiece, this 19th century Scottish sundial adds a bold statement to every environment. Atop a grand sandstone pillar, this vintage piece boasts a bronze g...
Sandstone
Vintage English Country Classical Wrought Iron Garden Armillary Sundial on Stand
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautifully crafted large iron armillary sphere, evoking the timeless elegance of classical European gardens. Pieces like this are often found anchoring gravel courtyards, nestled ...
Wrought Iron
Vintage English Country Classical Wrought Iron Garden Armillary Sundial on Stand
Located in Elkhart, IN
A beautifully crafted large iron armillary sphere, evoking the timeless elegance of classical European gardens. Pieces like this are often found anchoring gravel courtyards, nestled ...
Wrought Iron
Large Swedish Copper Garden Sundial, 1960
Located in Drottningholm, SE
Large Swedish copper garden sundial, 1960. This garden sundial is slightly larger in size than the other sundials that we have for sale.
Copper
Antique French Garden Sundial, circa 1890
Located in Houston, TX
An antique French working sundial originally placed in a garden, circa 1890.
Slate, Metal
Very Large Swedish Copper and Steel Garden Sundial, 1960
Located in Drottningholm, SE
Very large Swedish copper and brass sundial 1960 with Hercules holding a sphere. This is a very large sundial and for use in a garden, it has a metal base with drilled hole so that ...
Brass, Copper
Large Swedish Mid-20th Century Garden Copper Sundial
Located in Drottningholm, SE
Large Swedish mid-20th century garden copper sundial- A very nice and large sundial made of copper with beautiful details.
Copper
Equatorial Sundial
Located in Hudson, NY
Large steel sundial architect designed for his New Jersey garden retains black painted surface deep red painted arrow raised polished roman numerals was originally bolted so new legs...
Metal
French Sundial
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
18th century style Sundial decorated with scrolls and centered mask.
18th Century Sundial
Located in Hungerford, GB
An original 18th century sundial pedestal base with a later bronze armillary sphere. The pedestal base was carved from Ketton stone.
English Stone Sundial
Located in Stamford, CT
English 2 part portland hand carved stone sundial.Wonderful old patina
Stone
18th Century Sundial & Plinth
Located in Kent, GB
Round 9" dial plate signed J Fowler fecit. The bronze dial and gnomon have a dark black patination with the engraved numerals and compass bearings having been filled with a white wax...
Cubic Sundial, 18th Century
By David Beringer
Located in Paris, FR
With five gnomon on each face Wood and paper enhanced watercolors Base with a compass Signed: D BERINGER Nuremberg (D like David).
Wood, Paper
Armillary Sundial with Three Rings
Located in Sheffield, MA
Swedish armillary sundial, circa 1900, supported by a neoclassical figure. Iron construction with copper hour band inside the celestial equator ring.
Copper, Iron
18th Century French Slate Sundial
Located in London, GB
A large and exceptionally well preserved 18th century slate French (or possibly Belgian, from Liege, Marres family) sundial dated 1763 and bearing an elaborate coat of arms and the i...
Slate
18th Century Sundial and Plinth
Located in Kent, GB
Round 9" dial plate signed J Fowler fecit. The bronze dial and gnomon have a dark black patination with the engraved numerals and compass bearings having been filled with a white wax...
Small, Early 18th Century Sundial Plate
Located in Kent, GB
Brass engraved sundial with the original gnomon. The angle of the gnomon is approximately 51.5 degrees, the latitude of London. The hour chapters are divided into 1/2s, 1/4s as on a...
Brass
Unavailable
H 31.5 in W 12.8 in D 12.8 in
Antique Large Weathered Patinated Reconstituted Stone Sundial
Located in Wisbech, Walton Wisbech
Antique large weathered patinated reconstituted stone/concrete and brass sundial. We are unsure of the exact age, but suspect that it is 20 to 30 years old. Lovely aging and we...
Stone, Brass
Rare English Atlas Fireclay Sundial by Compton Potteries
By Robert Compton Pottery
Located in Woodbury, CT
In heavily weathered condition and beautifully patinated surface, we discovered this beauty in a private Sheffield, England garden. And because it is made of fireclay, it will perfor...
Bronze
Vintage Swedish Armillary Sundial Attributed to Sune Rooth
By Sune Rooth
Located in Newtown, CT
Armillary sundial attributed to Sune Rooth mid 20th century. Faux bronze finish. 31.5" wide point to point, 16.5" wide and 28.5" high.
Copper, Iron
18th Century Irish Rustic Stone and Slate Sundial
Located in Woodbury, CT
This rustic sundial was hand-carved from stone and features its original and scribed slate dial plate with replaced bronze gnomon.
Slate, Sandstone, Bronze
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Stone & Bronze Pedestal Sundial
Located in Atlanta, GA
Early 20th century Art Nouveau stone & bronze pedestal sundial, circa 1900. This sundial was reportedly removed from Pablo Picasso's garden in the south of France; this fact has not...
Stone
19th Century French Iron and Cast Iron Sundial, 1890s
Located in Florence, IT
19th century French iron and cast iron sundial, 1890s.
Iron
A Rare Late Eighteenth Century Bath Stone Sundial
Located in London, GB
Of an unusual design, the two faces of the plinth forming vertical Floral’s Dials. The inset circles carved with Roman numerals and radiating from the centre with the names of flower...
Old Composite Stone Altar Serving as Sundial, 19th Century
Located in Richebourg, Yvelines
Dated from the 19th century, old composite stone altar serving as sundial. The plate, composed of 12 heads of gods of antiquity and a sundial, rests on a round base, molded and decor...
Stone
Unavailable
H 13.98 in W 13.98 in D 5.12 in
Georgian Slate and Bronze Sundial Inscribed ‘GEORGE ANDERSON’ Dated 1818
Located in Norwich, GB
Georgian slate and bronze sundial inscribed ‘GEORGE ANDERSON’ dated 1818. Bronze gnomon in the shape of 57 reflecting the 'latitude 57°, 30" ' inscribed along the front edge.
Slate, Bronze
Unavailable
H 46 in W 12 in D 12 in
Arts & Crafts Compton Pottery Mary Seton Watts cobra terracotta sundial, c1900
Located in London, GB
A rare terracotta Arts & Crafts Compton Potters Arts guild sundial; circa 1900, known as the “Cobra Sun Dial”; illustrated in their catalogues at the time; this version surmounte...
Terracotta
Unavailable
H 36 in W 40 in D 7 in
Large Antique Signed Italian Terracotta Cherubs Sundial Fountain Wall Plaque
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Very large Italian antique terracotta sun-dial with three cherubs/ putti with one cupid directing the arrow towards the desired sun-dial with the other two cupids holding the side sh...
Terracotta
Unavailable
H 26.5 in W 28 in D 16 in
Brass Bronze and Copper Armillary Sundial Attributed to Sune Rooth
By Sune Rooth
Located in Newtown, CT
Brass, bronze and copper armillary attributed to Sune Rooth. Warm patina traces of gilt. 28" wide at the arrow and the rings are 16" wide and it is 26.5" high.
Brass, Bronze, Copper
Unavailable
H 28.3 in W 21.2 in D 13.7 in
Mid-20th Century Old Metal Sundial with Brass Plates with Roman Numerals
Located in Raalte, NL
Old metal sundial with brass plates with roman numerals, this is also in a good condition. Originating from the mid-20th century. The measurements are, Depth 35 cm/ 13.7 inch. W...
Metal, Brass
French Bronze Atlas Garden Armillary
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Fabulous turn of the century French bronze garden Atlas with iron base and armillary.
Although typically decorative, antique and vintage sundials transport a guest in your home to a different era, their simple function a tether to the ancient world.
Humans have tracked time since the dawn of civilization. Before the invention of precise mechanical clocks, various materials including water and incense were used to mark the passage of time. The sundial was one of the earliest of these timekeeping devices.
The oldest known sundial dates back to 1,500 B.C. in Egypt. The very first sundials were simple stone blocks with markings and a vertical needle of wood or metal to indicate the hours with its shadow. Later Greek sundials had a gnomon parallel to the axis of the Earth. Some flat sundials from the Islamic world were directional objects for pointing the way to Mecca.
Mechanical clocks use a series of gears and springs to track time precisely; sundials rely on light and shadow. As sunlight crosses over a sundial, it casts a shadow that moves across the face of the dial as the Earth rotates.
There are now more accurate, easier and probably cooler ways to tell time, yet the sundial persists. It is not uncommon to find flat stone sundials among an assemblage of decorative elements in colorful gardens and standing sundials in expertly appointed outdoor spaces.
While garden sundials are among the most popular sundials today, sundials made of metal, stone, bronze and more can be found on 1stDibs to match any taste or setting. The collection also includes sundials of Scandinavian, British and North American origins.
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